The Penn's Grove record., 1887-12-17
NUMBER 20.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

NEWS IN BRIEF.
An old German has prophesied that
the Emperor William will live to the
age Of 100. He bases his prophecy on
the ndwriting of the Emperor.
The custom Of kissing the Pope's
foot. or the cross on his slipper, is al
legged to have been set by one of the
Leos, who, it was said. had mutilated
his right hand and was too vain to ex-
pose the stump.
About IL. 900 patriots of the Revo-
luton persisted on board the horrible
prlson-slnp Jersey during the English
occupation Of New York,
"A wrangler, in (English) college
phrase, Is II who has obtained a place
In the highest mathematical tupos.
The first man of this class is termed
the senior wrangler; the rest are rated
each according to his respective merit,
as second, third, fourth and so on. In
the Middle ages college exercises were
called d~ispntatl0ns, and those who per-
formed them were disputants. Hence
the idea Of wrangllng.
-One OF the strangest novelties I'm
the jeweIry line that the unesthetio
cowboy yer decorated his person
with is now being sold on the streets
of San Antonio. 1t is nothing less than
a necktie made entirely from the skin
OF a genuine rattlesnake and finished
by way Of a pin with a rattle from the
tall OF the venomous serpent. The
originality Of this conception can hardly
be doubted, and the ingenious vendors
are being rewarded with large sales.
Queen Elizabeth is said to have
had a pair of stockings woven from a
SPIDERS web. Now we hear of a Penn
sylvama lady owns a picture painted
on cObweb. The colors are said to
nave been beautifully laid on" and
simply p>rfect as to harmony. The
painting EST 81 800, and is probably
the mCst precious article of its weight
in the world. The fact that cobweb
has been shown to be so valuable per.
haps explains the delicacy with which
the ordinary housemald is inclined to
treat it.
"A four-foot vein of coal has been
,ck at the shaft of the Carlyle Coal
Mining company at a depth Of
feet. A vein of thirty Inches
ness lies eighteen feet above the
II vein, and it is thought by
ig experts that the two veins
converge and make 1t a 6even-foOt
The coal is unusually free from
and sulphur, and Of superior
v. Extensive improvements are
made about the mine, and the
of Carlyle are elated at the
It of becoming a mining center.
9 statue Of liberty which
Sutro is erecting on Mount
s, San Francisco, CAL, is the
a Belgian artist named Wiertz.
n exhibition in Antwerp and
high praise. Adolph Sutro
figure and thought that it
AZ c-aseiii5hment to The en-
francisco peninsula. The
ne upstretched arm of the
] be of l6 900 candle power,
ght will be furnished by the
a Francisco. The torch
nine the bay and Golden Gate
itmaster Hendrix is happy in
session of the Oldest bosom pin
D. 1t is a trllobite which
itself up snugly some 40, 0O0, 900
Igo, in the silurian age, some
the great limestone strata that
at Niagara and crops out In the
ID rocks Of Lake Superior, and
o sleep to be petritied in all its
al b peliness. The tribolite
he father Of all the crabs. He
very small then, but 49, 900, 900
have enlarged his descendants.
diamond eyes and a gold setting
ks well in his new character.
m Of the animals of Japan are
different from the same species
are seen in America. The cats.
/, instance, have the shortest kind of
talis. OR else none at all. Being de.
prlved of this usual ~plaything, they
are very solemn pussies. An Ameri.
can once took one Of these tailless cats
to San Francisco as a curiosity, and it
utterly refused c0mpanlonship with
the long-tailed feline specimens there;
but finding a cat whose tail had been
Icut off by accident the two became
friendly at once. Japanese dogs are
almost destitute of noses, having the
nostrlls set directly in the head. The
smaller the nose the more valuable the
breed.
Peruvian woven tissues, often dyed
In brilliant hues, are unsurpassed by
the textile productions Of any other
ancient American people. Their Jew
elry Of gold and silver is remarkable.
Statuettes in the precious metals are
even more wonderful; they represent
monkeys, birds with their feathers, fish
with scales, etc.. modelled in relief or
intaglio. Human figures were also
cast In the precious metals. the artists
even attempting groups. Beads were
made Of gold. silver, glass and earthen-
ware. Wood was used to furnish OBJ
Iiects in daily use, and an example NAV
be seen in the beautifully ornamented
combs that are sometimes found placed
beside the dead in the huacas.
1t is well said that one-half Of the
world does not know how the other
half lives. Here, where pine and pop
lar are used for signs, comparatively
few are aware that mahogany is the
kind of wood largely needed for that
purpose In England. A lumberman
from Bradford, who not long ago WIS.,
tied this office, stated that such was
the case. When redwood was intro
duced into England this gentleman
thought at first blush that the lumber
was SO clea: and wide it would be ex.
cellent for signs. 1t was tried, but for
some reason it did not come up to the
Englishman's idea of eternal dura.
biiity, and mahogany was again re-
sorted to.
Nothing made Marking
abroad as the
which WAS one ="